Shelf



y 1949- J. F. CZERNIEWICZ 2,472,004

SHELF Filed Feb. 2, 1946 ATTORNEY Patented May 31, 1949 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to shelves in general and more especially toshelves which may be secured in place by means of adhesive strips andthe like.

Among the objects of the present invention it is aimed to provide animproved shelf including a platform and adhesive strips whereby theshelves may with facility be secured in place without the use of toolsand the like.

More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to providean improved combination including adhesive strips and shelving material,the strips of which are in part adhesively secured to the shelvingmaterial and in part to a supporting wall surface.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the inventionwill appear from the subjoined detail description of specificembodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFig. 1 is a plan of one embodiment.

Fig. 2 is a perspective showing shelves made according to the embodimentillustrated in Fig. 1 and secured in place.

Fig. 3 is a plan of a second embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a perspective of a third embodiment secured in place.

Fig. 5 is a. plan of the shelf shown in Fig. 4 spread out before beingsecured in place.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line fi6 of Fig. 1.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 6 the embodiment shown consists essentially of aplatform I composed of any suitable material such as cardboard,Beaverboard, Masonite or the like, somewhat L shape in outline in theinterest of appearance to produce platforms adjacent to the meetingwalls of the corner of a kitchen cabinet, dish closet, or the like.

On the opposite faces of the platform I, adjacent the edges 2 and 3thereof, there are secured the strips of adhesive material l, 5, and 6,l. A part of each adhesive strip is secured to one face of the platformI and the other part to the supporting Wall, see Fig. 6, where theflange 8 of the strip 6 is secured to the upper face of the platform andthe flange 9 in alinement with the flange 8 as shown in full lines inFig. 6 before being bent up at right angles into the dash and dot lineposition shown in Fig. 6 in which latter position it is adhesivelysecured to the supporting wall 19 shown in Fig. 2. See also the flangell of the strip 7 which is adhesively secured to the face ll! of theplatform I, and the flange l3 in alinement with the flange I, as shownin full lines in Fig. 6 before being bent down at right angles into thedash and dot line position shown in Fig. 6, in

which latter position it is adhesively secured to the supporting wall Inshown in Fig. 2.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 3 differs primarily from the embodimentshown in Fig. 1 in that the platform 14 is substantially triangular inoutline.

The embodiments shown in Figs. 4 and 5 difiers primarily from theembodiments in Figs. 1 and 3 in that it illustrates how advantage may betaken of the present invention to secure a shelf to a single uprightwall instead of two meeting Walls forming a corner as illustrated inFig. 2.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 4 and 5 the platform It has at leasttwo flanges, such as the flanges It and H. In the present instance, inthe interest of a pleasing effect, the platform [5 is also provided Witha third flange l8. The flange i3 is turned down at right angles to theplatform l5 just as is the case with the flanges I6 and H. To the rearof the platform proper [5, there are secured two adhesive strips, thestrip IS in part secured to the upper face of the platform l5, and theother strip, not shown, in part secured to the lower face of theplatform l5. To the rear edge of the outer face of the flanges l6 and I!there are secured in part the adhesive strips '26 and 21, respectively.To the rear edge and the inner face of each of the flanges l6 and ii,there are secured in part similar adhesive strips not shown. The otherparts of the adhesive strips are secured to the supporting wall in themanner illustrated in Fig. 2.

In some instances, particularly with the emsediment shown in Figs. 4 and5, only one set of adhesive strips may be used, as for instance thestrips l9, 2i! and 2|, and the strips on the lower face of the platforml5 and on the inner faces of the flanges It and I1 dispensed with.

While excellent results have been achieved with the location of theadhesive strips as illustrated, it is, of course obvious that some ofthese strips may be dispensed with without departing from the generalspirit of the invention.

It is obvious, furthermore, that various changes and modifications maybe made to the details of the embodiments illustrated without departingfrom the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appendedclaim.

I claim:

A shelf includin a platform extending substantially perpendicular to twowalls meeting one another at right angles and having two meeting edgesperpendicular to the two inner upright faces of such meeting walls,upper and lower ad- 3 4 hesive strips for each edge of said platformbent REFERENCES CITED into two flanges at substantial right angles toone The following references are of record in th another, one flange ofeach upper strip adhesively secured to a horizontal upper plane face ofthe file of thls patent platform adjacent one of the edges of the plat-5 ED STATES PATENTS form, one flange of each lower strip adhesivelyNumber Name Date secured to a horizontal lower plane ac of the ,7 7 FordJune 25 1913 platform adjacent one of the ed es f t e p a 1 5 9 WileyMay 27 192 form, and the other flange of each strip adhesively 1,602,410Hamblin Oct 1926 secured to the vertical face of one of the adja- 101,669,617 Kennedy u i 1928 cent 1,741,ss0 Rau Dec. 31, 1929 1,820,549Williams Aug. 25, 1931 JOHN F.CZERNIEWICZ. 2,049,638 Bennett Aug. 4,1936

